Wendy Davis: A decision on governor’s race coming in two weeks

There was one question for Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, at the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas conference Friday: When are you announcing political plans.”>whether you’ll run for governor?

“In just the next couple of weeks,” she told reporters.

Actually there was a followup: What will that decision be?

Her answer was the same – stay tuned for that in a couple of weeks.

Davis talked about more in her luncheon speech to the conference, including legislation that passed to bring more openness to the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas. She cited news reports breaking the CPRIT controversy, calling it “one of the state’s biggest scandals in memory.”

She also bemoaned open government losses, including bills that didn’t pass and the “dark money” disclosure bill vetoed by Gov. Rick Perry.

She said on the much-reported night that her filibuster of strict abortion restrictions was ended, a demonstration erupted in the Senate gallery and chaos prevented the legislation from (until later), “The people themselves stood to take back their government.”

And she offered praise for “good, aggressive, responsible reporting”.

“The work you do may at times seem thankless, and I know it must be tremendously hard,” she said. “But I can assure you, it will always be appreciated by those who realize the value you bring to our government and to our state.”